> 3. There is a problem for "Union", there is this common idiom:
> 
> a := xxxIfCan(xxx)
> a case "failed" => xxx
> a::A_VERY_LONG_TYPE

If I am not completely wrong then there is code in the comiler that
allows to simly write a insteat of a::A_VERY_LONG_TYPE. In other words,
the compiler automatically coerces.

I don't like automatic coercion, so you also get +1 for your suggestion
of Maybe. I'd still rather call it "Partial" as in Aldor, but obviously
"Maybe" is used in many functional programming languages, so "Maybe" is
also OK for me. It's implemented in OpenAxiom already.

Ralf

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